Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Why a CISO has to be prepared for the unknown

Infosec pros have to be ready not only for the attacks on vulnerabilities they know about, but also ones they haven't thought about yet

Online Trust Alliance becomes part of Internet Society

Merger of two non-profits will bring a stronger independent voice for security and privacy issues, says OTA official

Montreal researcher helped convict one of gang behind Linux botnet

Investigator at security vendor ESET part of group that helped FBI assemble evidence that led to guilty plea

McAfee a standalone company again

New logo, new motto but strategy the same -- to focus on threat defence. Read an interview with the new CTO.

McDonald’s Canada jobs Web site hacked

Personal information of approximately 95,000 restaurant job applicants over the past three years was compromised

Unstructured data was a big target for attacks last year: Report

Ontario casino breach of 5GB of data was among the top thefts in 2016, says IBM report

Rogers helps close digital divide for Toronto public school board

Twenty schools with no near fibre access to get the cableco's Ignite Gigabit service

Hardware-based keyloggers found on Carleton U computers

Six of the devices were found on PCs used by instructors for displays. Faculty told to change passwords

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